It has now been almost an additional month since he said he was shipping the flies. I am at a total loss why someone would want to do the swap, then not send the flies out without any real explanation, then give an explanation alomost 2 months after the swap ended stating he was going to send them and then have another month go by without any response.

Next swap I will probably have to ask fo a resume of the moderator of the swap, this has lefta sour taste in my mouth.

It's called "being had". That's why I asked if anyone knows Brian. Or, was he at the jam? I assume he is very young, not a true fisherman and doesn't plan on posting anymore. There's almost no reason that an adult would offer to take the responsibility to coordinate a swap then not even take 2 minutes to provide an update when he doesn't ("can't deliver"). Actually. I can think of no reason.

I just don't think it is worth getting that worked up over a handful of flies. The guy said he was having personal and family problems. I can think of plenty of things for myself that fall into that category that would take precedence over a fly swap. Just write this one off as a loss and move on.

I agree that it's not worth getting worked up over a dozen flies. I am dissappointed that there are some less than honest (or at least responsible) people on the board. I come to this board figuring we are like brothers and sisters of the fly. Seriously, we share a common sport and some values. Stuff like this brings one back to reality. The web, including this board, is what it is.

I have hosted several swaps and I have to say that it is much harder to coordinate than most people think. It is actually a lot of work. I have been burnt many times by people that forgot to send postage or return packaging. I never called anyone out and just assumed it was error on there part. I sucked up the cost to avoid an issue like this. Honestly, I think everyone that I have hosted has has cost me money and stress. A couple of times I can remember being very overwhelmed by the whole thing. Most often it was because people did not follow the rules of the swap - missing deadlines, not sending postage, sending a match box to return a streamer swap, being very late on sending the flies, dropping out of the swap, Blah blah blah

I can sympathize with your reaction Bruno, I get that whenever I put together a luncheon seminar.. But BJ even came back online and said that he had issues after being missing a month and stating that he would mail them out. Now he has not been online since the beginning of September, I don't get it.